I don't believe that the appeals court forbade a breakup.
They just said that Jackson may have been biased when he
issued that order, and mandated that the punishment phase
be tried again.
However a second breakup order seems unlikely. The judge
unfortunately (and I think very unwisely) ordered the two
sides to try to reach a settlement, which they did. It
will be politically difficult for her to throw away what
she asked for.
-- Rod
http://www.sunsetsystems.com/
On Thursday 09 May 2002 15:09, George Thomas Finch wrote:
> It's my understanding that the judge no longer has the option of splitting the
> company. Unfortunatly this was thrown out as a possible solution by the
> appeals court. I do think she will do something meaningful, and Microsoft no
> doubt see's this coming as well, as they are stockpiling money...
> Whatever the outcome it will be interesting for future Anti-Trust
> litigation, and whether Microsoft finds itself in court again in the future
> over similar abuses....
> I'm not a lawyer, but if we compare the transgressions of Microsoft
> and the actions the led to the break up of AT&T, I can only wonder what it
> takes to now be punished for being a monopoly....
>
> G.
>
>
> > > On Thursday
> 09 May 2002 14:04, nbs
> wrote: > > Did you know that all versions of Windows are, in fact, completely
> > > identical? (95, 98, ME, 2000, NT, XP, etc.)
> > >
> > > How do I know this? Because Microsoft said so!
> > >
> > > "...it would be technically impossible to offer multiple versions of
> > > Windows and would create havoc for consumers and the computer industry."
> >
> > Well they are partly correct, that it creates havoc. Showing
> > that MS doesn't care about consumers or the industry.
> >
> > I cannot imagine at this point that the judge gives their
> > statements any credibility at all. The obvious ruling is to
> > split the company in two, just as Judge Jackson ordered.
> > I hope she has the cojones to do the right thing.
> >
> > -- Rod
> > http://www.sunsetsystems.com/
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